Syrian Kurds Call for US Support in Afrin

As President Erdogan promises to crush Kurdish militants, a leader of the Syrian Kurds says that considering the support they have given the United States in helping defeat Islamic State, there is a moral obligation to help Kurds under attack by Turkey in Afrin.

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(Photo: Turkish artillery shell the People's Protection Units (YPG) positions near the Syrian border on 21 January 2018 near Hassa, in the Turkish province of Hatay, as Turkish ground troops entered Syria to push an offensive against Kurdish militia as rocket fire hit a border town in apparent retaliation. Credit: Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)